Taqueria La Playita

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 26, 2012
• address3839 W Grand Ave, Chicago 60651

Is Taqueria La Playita clean?

Taqueria La Playita is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on June 26, 2012. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Taqueria La Playita?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 26, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • Inspector Comments: MUST LABEL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • Inspector Comments: MUST LABEL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Inspector Comments: MUST PROVIDE SINK STOPPERS FOR 3- COMPARTMENT SINK.MUST REPLACE BROKEN TOILET TANK LID IN EMPLOYEES TOILET ROOM.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Inspector Comments: MUST PROVIDE SINK STOPPERS FOR 3- COMPARTMENT SINK.MUST REPLACE BROKEN TOILET TANK LID IN EMPLOYEES TOILET ROOM.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • Inspector Comments: MUST CLEAN CAN OPENER.MUST DEFROST UPRIGHT FREEZER
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Inspector Comments: MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED FLOOR TILES IN FRONT PREP AREA & DINING AREA.MUST CLEAN FLOOR ALONG WALL BASES WHERE NEEDED.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Inspector Comments: MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED FLOOR TILES IN FRONT PREP AREA & DINING AREA.MUST CLEAN FLOOR ALONG WALL BASES WHERE NEEDED.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Inspector Comments: MUST REPLACE MISSING WALL BASES IN DINING AREA & CUSTOMERS TOILET ROOM.MUST REPAIR LOOSE CEILING IN FRONT PREP AREA OVER HOOD
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Inspector Comments: MUST REPLACE MISSING WALL BASES IN DINING AREA & CUSTOMERS TOILET ROOM.MUST REPAIR LOOSE CEILING IN FRONT PREP AREA OVER HOOD
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE LEAKY PIPE AT MOP SINK.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • Inspector Comments: MUST PROVIDE THERMOMETER FOR PREP & REACH IN COOLER.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • Inspector Comments: MUST PROVIDE THERMOMETER FOR PREP & REACH IN COOLER.

When was Taqueria La Playita last inspected?

Taqueria La Playita has 5 inspections on record going back to April 5, 2011.

Taqueria La Playita vs Humboldt Park

Humboldt Park runs 32% clean across 728 tracked restaurants — 234 clean, 58 mid, 430 cooked.

Against the 728 spots Cooked tracks in Humboldt Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

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How Chicago grades restaurants

Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated June 26, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.